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It's important on a re-design to figure out why the current system isn't working correctly, or you could easily drop ten grand into it and end up pretty much where you are today. The problem may or may not be related to the B-W combi- it could easily be the pumping or the capacity of the heat exchange on the tubing. Hopefully it has extruded aluminum heat transfer plates between the tubing and the floor? If not, that alone might be the solution, but that depends on how difficult it is to retrofit them.
Every good heating design starts with a careful room-by-room heat load calculation, from which all else flows. A decent radiant designer would be able to zero in on the most cost-effective solution, but it's probably not something reliably resolvable in a "design-by-web-forum" approach.
At the current price of propane something with a condensing burner will pay for itself well within the anticipated lifecycle of the unit. But whether that burner is a customized combi based on something like an A.O.Smith Vertex or a Polaris water heater vs. a modulating condensing boiler operating on outdoor reset control depends on your water temp and BTU/hour requirements at your design-condition heat load. Calculate the heat load first, then based on your radiant floor design, the design-day peak water temps can be derived. Without those fundamentals as a starting point it's all just a big WAG, and the last thing you want to be doing is another round of "install first, design later", as it appears the original installation was. It's important to do the math before diving in. (And that's the REAL math, not 10 minutes of lipstick-on-mirror or crayon-on-napkin hackery.)
There is at least one competent MN radiant pro posting on this forum who may be able to take this on directly, or at least steer you to someone local to who can. (Paging Morgan Audetat...) Simply flipping through the yellow pages isn't gonna cut it.

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Bethenny Frankel knows the key to keeping fitness fun is variety, so she hosted a Skinnygirl Daily Stiletto workout class this week in New York City.
The Real Housewife and 42-year-old mom squatted, high-kicked and lunged her way through a 30-minute class with us, with the help of instructor Nicole Damaris, who created NDG Fit's Stiletto Workout.
Although it was Bethenny's first time trying the stiletto workout, which is supposed to improve balance and target calf muscles, she said she liked trading typical tennis shoes for high heels.
"It felt sexy. I felt a little slutty... in a good way!" the newly single mom joked afterward. "It was good that it only 30 minutes because I feel like we enjoyed it; it was fun. Had we done it for an hour, I would have hated it. So I think that you should do what you can, in the amount [of time] that you can."
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Bethenny is a big yoga fan, but says she usually only works out two to three times a week. "I don't belong to a gym because I want to be with my daughter; I want to be home, so I'll do a DVD at home," she says. "Anything is better than doing nothing."
She also doesn't believe in diets. "I think they're all stupid. I think every diet is stupid," Bethenny explains, adding that she tried them all in her younger years, including the cabbage soup diet and the Atkins diet.
Nowadays, she believes in eating in moderation and has released an entire line of Skinnygirl Daily products, such as bars and powdered drink mixes for everyday women on the go. "A lot of bars are like candy bars. They're ingredients you can't pronounce and it's really misleading. I just wanted one that tasted good, with clean ingredients," Bethenny explains, adding that she gives her Skinnygirl bars to her daughter, Brynn, as well.
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A Chicago-based technology company that manages a digital customer rewards program will create 150 jobs within the next year.
Belly Inc. announced its expansion during a visit Thursday from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Emanuel says the company is the perfect example of the thriving technology companies he's hoping to attract to Chicago. He says such firms bring bright young people to the city.
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The Revere's designers have included 35,000 square feet of meeting space in four distinct areas:
- The 225-seat, 3,000-square-foot Theater 1 can be used for live entertainment, business presentations, or film screenings. The facility's surround sound, lighting controls, projection technology, and movie screen are all built in, and it also offers four dressing rooms, a green room, and a pre-function lobby with a bar. Each seat in the theater has its own table and power source.
- Theater 1 shares the building that used to be the Stuart Street Playhouse with the new 6,700-square-foot Space 57. With 25-foot ceilings and room for up to 1,000 people, Revere calls Space 57 "a modern, raw expanse with infinite branding and creative possibilities."
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Matt Cullen talks about the NHL lockoutFargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- Today is day 88 of the NHL lockout, where still no movement has been made between the owners and the players. Today I asked the area's most popular player, Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cullen about his frustration level waiting to get on the ice.
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Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- Today is day 88 of the NHL lockout, where still no movement has been made between the owners and the players. Today I asked the area's most popular player, Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cullen about his frustration level waiting to get on the ice.
Matt Cullen: "There is really no reason that we shouldn't have, we are in the middle of negotiations and the owners walked out and here we are. For the players, whose this is our living and all we want to do is play hockey it's extremely frustrating. It's kind of mind boggling, we are all kind of at a loss for words as to why we are here and not playing right now. When you look at the deals, they seam so close that it seams absolutely ludicrous that we are not play."
What do you think is the biggest issues with the owners in your mind?
Cullen: "That's a good question and we kind of wonder the same exact thing, when you look at the things that are keeping us apart right now, realistically the major issue keeping it apart right now is the length of player contracts. It seams like such a trivial issue, at least to walk away from the table for something as small as player contract length, particularly cause they sign deals to players over ten years long and they want deals nothing past five years. Not a major issue and certainly something the players are willing to negotiate, but we where informed after they walked out of negotiations that it was a take it or leave it deal."
Are you even more frustrated knowing that you don't have that many hockey days left? And that you want to get as many games in you as you can?
Cullen: "I've played for a long time and I feel very fortune to have done that but you are never guaranteed another season, another game. So to miss out on an opportunity like this to play in front of your hometown fans with a team that has so much potential is and has improved so much, it definitely weighs on you a lot more. As you go on in your career each year means more and more to you cause you know it's closer to your last."
In your heart of hearts will you still play hockey this year?
Cullen: "Yeah I think so, I do, I still think so. Logically I just can't see us losing a season over these issues, but I have been proven wrong the last couple of months. I sure hope it doesn't. I just think that it would be the biggest shame and it would be so foolish I would just be absolutely disgusted."


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This hotel is located in Barcelona (Sant Marti), close to Museu de la Musica, Sagrada Familia, and Arc de Triomf. Also nearby are Palau de la Musica Catalana and Barcelona Cathedral.
Hotel Features
NH Diagonal Center provides complimentary wireless Internet access, dry cleaning/laundry services, a business center, and conference/meeting rooms.
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LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and safes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3.5-star property offers access to a business center, audiovisual equipment, and small meeting rooms. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and banquet facilities. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, dry cleaning/laundry services, and tour assistance. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge). Parking is also available nearby (surcharge).
NH Diagonal Center is a smoke-free property.
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This fall, during employers' so-called open-enrollment periods, you should give serious consideration to signing up for an FSA.
That is, unless you hate more money.
The biggest problem with FSAs is they mix the deadly dull topics of insurance and taxes, and employees don't want to deal with it — even if they could save enough money every year to buy a new iPhone or roundtrip airfare to the Caribbean.
"It's like giving yourself a raise," said Jody Dietel, spokesperson for Save Smart Spend Healthy and chief compliance officer at FSA administrator WageWorks Inc. "People leave money on the table if they're not willing to put the time into it."
To help, here are questions and answers about FSAs.
What is an FSA? It's an account that you fund from your paycheck. You use the money to pay for you and your family's out-of-pocket medical expenses, such as doctor co-pays, medical supplies and dental and visions expenses. The key is that money going into the account isn't taxed. So, when you spend it, you're spending tax-free money, essentially getting a discount on everything from root canals to contact lenses.
How much can I save? If you normally spend $1,500 per year on out of pocket on medical, dental and vision products and services — that's about the average an FSA participant pledges to the account — an FSA allows you instead to spend about $1,050, assuming your tax rate is about 30 percent. That's a savings of $450 that would have gone to taxes and instead is paying your bills. Experts say savings range from 25 percent to 40 percent, with those in a higher tax bracket saving more. The money is sheltered from federal, state and Social Security taxes.
How does it work? You designate a yearly amount to contribute to the FSA. Your employer deducts a prorated amount before taxes from paychecks all year long and deposits the money into the FSA. Whenever you pay for an approved medical item, you draw down on the money in that account. You must sign up again for an FSA each year.
If FSAs are great why do so few employees use them? FSAs, which have been around since 1978, have one big, hairy drawback, the draconian "use it or lose it" rule. If by the end of the plan year you don't use all the money in the FSA account, you lose it. Actually, your employer keeps it.
"That's the No. 1 reason people are nervous about participating in a healthcare flexible spending account," said Karen Frost, vice president of product strategy and development at Aon Hewitt, an FSA administrator.
But "use it or lose it" is not as scary as it sounds if you spend even minimal effort setting up and using your FSA. Most plans allow you until March 15 of the following year to use up the money, essentially giving you 14.5 months to deplete your account.
How much should I contribute? The main fear with "use it or lose it" is pledging more money to the account than you'll use. To gauge your contribution, base your FSA contribution on your out-of-pocket expenses from the previous year.
"Your healthcare expenses are more predictable than you think," Frost said.
You can go through your records from the previous year, whether from charge account statements, a checkbook or money-management software, if you use it. Some health plans give you online access to your previous year's expenses, including your out-of-pocket costs, and offer online calculators to help you decide how much to contribute.
"With a little planning, FSAs are a huge tool to stretch those paycheck dollars," Dietel said. Keep in mind that even if you forfeit some money at the end of the year, you can still come out ahead because you've saved so much by avoiding taxes.
If you're still wary, one strategy would be to pledge just $500 to an FSA account to try it for 2013. Even healthy, single people should easily be able to use $500, experts say.
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Really great food – The food here is great, it has everything from burgers to fish to salad, whatever you really want is there. The servers are friendly and get your food to your table steaming hot. The bar has a great selection of beers and the bartenders are surprisingly knowledgeable on drinks they can make.
If you want to grab a good bite to eat, a beer, or even take the family; Mongo's is a good place to go.
Save yourself!!! – I'm not a picky guy at all, but I did not find a good thing about this place. The management was horrible, the cleanliness was very questionable, and the drinks were tiny! I went in to get a beer with some friends after work and we all seemed to agree that we'll not be going back. It's a drive bar and only regulars are welcomed.
Has no Clue – This was unbelievable, the Owner/Bartender just threatend me to leave because he changed the football game (which I was watching, since 3pm and spent over $40.) and in the 3rd quarter to nothing because another customer (who just walked in) wanted to watch a game that wasn't even brodcasted.
Blank air was being shown.
The Owner/Bartender has no clue how to run a bussiness. He should of asked if it was ok to change the channel. And then when I questioned him on why my game got changed.. He responded, "How about I kick you out?"
This is a place that has no clue how to treat a Customer. I will be going to Santa Maria to Stinky's to watch football from now on.
By the way I only had 1 alcoholic drink durring that time. So I wasn't under the infuance or beligderant. I was just a football fan wanting to watch a game that I was watching for 3 quarters.
I will never go to this horriable establishment again, and I hope anyone who reads this will avoid this joint for their own sake.
Best local bar so far.. – I've been to quite a few bars in the area, to say the least mongos beats them all out hands down. R&d's seems to be somewhat of a skinhead bar, especially with the heat lamp and secret service s' on it. not to mention how many skins that hang out there and rant their hate. bills place, a hick bar.. not much more then that, heads on the wall, country music, and trashy people all around oh and pretty crappy drinks that are way over priced considering how much alcohol is in them. then you have harry's in pismo, good place to go if you want to get into a fight. and drink over priced drinks in really small glasses.
The food at mongos is a toss up, sometimes its really good, others its mediocre. they could stand to do a litttle work on their menu and bring in some fresh food versus so much deep fried stuff and your run of the mill cheeseburger. hotwings are pretty good and have yet to let down. and the ahi has also yet to let let down.
they also have theme nights where something always seems to be going on, ie. karaoke, movie night, lots of music and local bands/groups that play.
its nice they have an outide area as well. if the bar/resaurant area gets too stuffy.
Visiting from Louisiana – Visiting from New Orleans, and was looking for some Karaoke.. Found Mongo's and decided to have some diner before singing., It was Tuesday night , 6th game of Laker's play offs and place was pretty full. Had one waitress taking care of all tables and she did a great job. Food was very good and Hot when it came to table. Very important to me. At ninish the Karaoke began and the KJ did a great job of getting the singers up on stage, The audience was a tuff one but on occassions was able to get them involved. I would recommend them to friends!
Do you like white trash???? – This place used to be really good,but has gone down hill fast. The management is horrible. I think they hired the manager from a dominos or something. Hes always on his phone and smoking. Even when there is noone around it takes 5 minutes for a drink. Not a classy place. They shoould change the name to Roadhouse it is a dive bar...
Feels like home – We live here and it's hard to find a place that's not tourist orientated ( you know pump 'm in pump 'm out).
At Mongo's your all ways treated like a member of the family, the owner is there most of the time and very
kind and accessable (and never touts his celeberity, I mean the guy was in the show, " the Super Bowl").
any way the place is great!
AVOID! – We went in for all you can eat crab one Sat. evening. It was early, and only one other couple was there. They were arguing about how much money they lost in the dive cardroom next door, when 4 bikers came in and beat the s#?%t out of the man. Nobody tried to stop them, just alot of laughter from dirtbags in the bar. We left in a hurry, didn't finish our meal or pay. Classy place.
Friendly, Fun & Great Food !!! – My bf and I were in the area visiting his Mom, and stopped by Mongos for dinner. At first it was a bit quiet, so we sat at the bar. The manager and bartender were excellent, friendly and the guests were treated like family. We ended up staying for several hours, and having dinner. The food was to die for!! I had the southwestern chicken salad and it was the best I have ever eaten.
It was so good, we went back the next night and they had live music - which was amazing! Between the friendly staff, great food, and entertainment - You can not go wrong! I wish we lived closer so we could go all the time!!
This one is a winner!!!
Mongos! loved it! check to see what band is playing. We have seen several bands including Richie Havens, and the English Beat. good service, food is very good as well. Great lemon drops! – You will love this place if you are looking for a comfortable place to hang. Good food,drinks and awesome music!
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May 16, 2013
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade is leading millions of American men along the path of career destruction.
It wasn't his play against the Bulls in the NBA playoffs. It was his ridiculous suit, a purple polka dot number featuring skinny capri pants, showing plenty of leg.
That's right. D-Wade — the pride of H.L. Richards High School — wore capri pants, or "pedal pushers," if you will, baring much of his naked calves to a national TV audience.
TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley ridiculed him, and as a proud Richards Bulldogs alumnus, I was horrified. At least Wade's pedal pushers weren't velvet (I hope). But still.
This terrible episode looms large because it's getting warm outside and the last thing America needs are men following D-Wade's lead by showing leg at the office.
Jobs are scarce. But every summer, if you watch the front door of any office building, you'll still see men walking in, wearing shorts.
And sandals.
"Not in the firms I'm aware of," said Lou Dobbs, host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on the Fox Business Network, when I asked him Wednesday about the shorts thing on the WLS-AM 890 radio program I co-host with Lauren Cohn.
Shorts at work, said Dobbs, are "usually the attire for people working in tech companies, to show how different they are from us, and how they don't give a damn."
"And the rest of us come up a little short," said Dobbs.
I couldn't see what Dobbs was wearing, but I figured he was in a dark suit, starched shirt, tie and hard shoes.
"And I shined them myself, by the way," said Dobbs.
That's the kind of attitude American business needs, because it seems American business has become dangerously casual.
Let's face it. Most Americans dress for work as if they're going on a picnic, and they won't give up their Fall Out Boy T-shirts unless you pry them from their cold, dead fingers. My casual shirts of preference are those comfy ones you don't tuck in, because we chunky fellows hate the tuck-in thing.
At least I've never worn shorts to work. If there's one thing that drives me crazy, it's guys wearing shorts and sandals at the office.
There are worse things of course. Let's be realistic. Say you're sitting on the "L" and the person in the seat behind you is quietly eating chicken, and later you realize to your horror that the chicken-eater deposited the bones in the hood of your hoodie.
It proves you should never wear a hoodie to work, either. Or ride public transportation with a chicken eater seated behind you. But shorts are an even more frightening harbinger of the apocalypse.
"Shorts are just not appropriate business wear and I think flip-flops aren't business wear," said Peter Post, of the Emily Post Institute.
And yes, his great-grandmother was Emily Post, the world-famous etiquette coach. Men wearing shorts in the office would have horrified her. She even hated the wearing of white after Labor Day.
"If people look at your clothes and think, 'What are they wearing that for?' you wore the wrong clothes," said Peter Post. "Really, it's a question of what's the company's norm and try to adhere to it. Don't try to push the envelope, and that's where I think people get into trouble. They try to push the envelope."
But the problem with the envelope is, there is no envelope. Some rich old hippies burned it. First it was Casual Friday. Now it's Lip Ring Tuesday.
Years ago, I wore a tie and jacket to work. Everyone did. The men covering City Hall, the federal building, the criminal courts and the county building always wore a tie and jacket. Women reporters dressed appropriately, and still do, but the men have gone caveman.
When Sam Zell owned the Tribune for a time, he was a casual fellow, so the dress code at Tribune Tower became so loose that it's a wonder we just didn't come to work in loincloths.
What's odd is that while middle-aged folks dress casually, what with our untucked shirts and baseball caps, humming that we've only got 100 years to live, younger people are looking sharp. Like wolves. And soon they'll eat the geezers for lunch.
A young woman I know named Courtney put it best. "Being young makes it easy for people to dismiss you, so you don't want shabby or over-sexualized clothes to give them another reason to sit you at the kiddie table," said Courtney, ambitious, bright and hungry.
She also offered some dress tips. She hates shorts for men. And no shorts either for women, and no flip- flops, cleavage or sky-high heels. Open-toed shoes for women, insists Courtney, require a pedicure, "If you don't have one, keep your claws to yourself."
For both sexes, Courtney prohibits facial piercings, "and don't get me started on tongue rings."
And for men and women, but most often it's men, the trousers must not dip and display any region of the lower spine.
Displaying the lower spine is a definite career ender, except perhaps for plumbers, where it's expected. But lower-spine display in the office is something that many women complain about. Ask them. You'd be surprised.
"Crack kills," Courtney said. "Cover it up."
And don't wear capri pants either.
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I used redsnow to jailbreak to 06.15.00 baseband and had no problems, then i tried to unlock using ultrasnow and then the problems start
I did the steps using diskaid as i don't have wifi on the phone atm (planning on fix) restarted the phone went fine then restarted again and the phone just hangs doesnt do anything just goes into recovery mode.
I've done a full restore using custom firmware and got the phone back again but retained the baseband.
Do i need to do the whole redsnow but again ? and if not is there anyway to get past this issue of it haning on the unlock bit ? Ive tried this
If there is another way to unlock would be gratefulIf you are stuck on Apple logo on second boot due to your own Tethered Jailbreak. Then use Redsn0w 0.9.6b6 to boot. Put iPhone in DFU mode and run redsnow with option 'just boot tethered right now'.


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"You go into a class of fifth or sixth graders and you ask them how many want to be an engineer and nobody raises their hand," he said. "We say they create iPods, phones, computers, airplanes and robots. Then we do the workshop and they get to build and test their robots, and by the end of the class, we ask the same question and everybody raises their hand!"
McFarlane, who doubles as a Sparks High School teacher, is the Lead Flight Director at the Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada (CLCNN) where northern Nevada students of all ages can experience space and science through simulated missions. The program has partnered with Sparks High School in hopes of finding a permanent home for the Challenger Center to inspire Washoe County and northern Nevada students to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses, as well as aerospace engineering, physics and other science-related fields contributing to space exploration.
"Research has indicated that when kids hit fifth or sixth grade, they start to see a huge drop off in the interest," McFarlane said of the STEM curriculum, "And that is where we lose a lot of kids in science, and we cannot afford to do that. We need to help them see themselves as successful. Who knows how many students we have lost because they got discouraged when it came to math and science. They didn't see the relevance of it or maybe it seemed foreign and difficult and they gave up."
McFarlane is especially excited to teach young students because he recently returned from the Honeywell Educators at Space Academy, providing him with an opportunity only allotted to 210 people worldwide this year. The week-long academy included 45 hours of professional development with other educators and simulated astronaut training with scenario-based space missions, survival skills and interactive flight programming.
Now that he has returned to Nevada to prepare the curriculum for Sparks High School and the CLCNN, McFarlane said much of what he learned through simulations and interactive work will be the basis for workshops and classes this year. Though the northern Nevada site is scaled down considerably, McFarlane said the purpose will go unchanged.
"The neat thing about this approach, and what I think really makes it work, is it is a story and the kids are the characters in the story making the decisions that lead to the outcome," he said. "They are talking and communicating with their team members but it really is a narrative. The role playing and characterizations are all part of it. They literally put on the flight suit and be part of the team facing these problem-solving decisions.
"Rather than looking at the math problems in the back of the book, they actually have to figure out how to navigate, where to land and it is extremely important that they come up with the right answers."
McFarlane returned to the Rail City with plenty of new material for the upcoming school year, which comes with the added task of trying to advance the curriculum for the CLCNN and Washoe County School District. The non-profit group plans to "pioneer and pilot" courses that will work as dual credit for high school students through the University of Nevada, Reno in engineering and science.
McFarlane said the opportunity to experience training at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center comes with the added responsibility of spreading the knowledge, which he said begins with his curriculum and programs.
"The most exciting thing, of course, is the teamwork and working with other people to solve a problem," he said about installing his lessons in the classroom. "You have to help kids get engaged and instead of just lecturing to them, they need to become a part of the process. They always reinforced that at space camp.
"I think it is wonderful that there are companies like Honeywell out there that have that kind of vision. I wouldn't be able to afford going (to the Space Academy) and so that is just a phenomenal opportunity. And again, when you have been given that kind of privilege, you have the obligation to share that with as many people as possible."


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Most of us have heard of comfort food. Sticky, gooey, chocolate chip cookies straight out of the oven, a plate of warm mashed potatoes and rich gravy, or a bowl full of creamy chicken and dumpling soup are just a few items that come to mind when the need for some self-pampering arises. The problem is, the food we reach for when we need comfort is usually far from comforting. Indigestion and bloating, heartburn, or pure guilt are just a few of the nagging side effects that can actually worsen our mood as a result of our epicurean indulgence.
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CRIMEA LAWMAKERS SCHEDULE VOTE ON JOINING RUSSIAThursday, 06 March 2014 07:46 Published in National News
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Lawmakers in Crimea called a March 16 referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia instead, voting unanimously Thursday to declare their preference for doing so.
"This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev," Sergei Shuvainikov, a member of the local Crimean legislature, said. "We will decide our future ourselves."
The 100-seat parliament in Crimea, which enjoys a degree of autonomy under current Ukrainian law, voted 78-0, with eight abstentions in favor of holding the referendum, and for joining Russia. Local voters will also be given the choice of deciding to remain part of Ukraine, but with enhanced local powers.
There was no immediate response from the Ukrainian central government to the vote. On Wednesday, Ukraine's prime minister told The Associated Press that Crimea would remain part of Ukraine.
In Moscow, a prominent member of Russia's parliament, Sergei Mironov, said he has introduced a bill to simplify the procedure for Crimea to join Russia and it could be passed as soon as next week, the state news agency ITAR-Tass reported.
On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had no intention of annexing Crimea, while insisting its residents have the right to determine the region's status in a referendum. Putin called a meeting of his Security Council on Thursday to discuss Ukraine.
A referendum had previously been scheduled in Crimea on March 30, but the question to be put to voters was on whether their region should enjoy "state autonomy" within Ukraine.
Earlier, Crimea's new leader said pro-Russian forces numbering more than 11,000 now control all access to the peninsula in the Black Sea and have blockaded all military bases that have not yet surrendered.
The West has joined the new Ukrainian leadership in Kiev in demanding that Russia pull its forces back from Crimea, but little progress was reported after a flurry of diplomatic activity in Paris on Wednesday involving U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
European Union leaders will meet for an emergency session in Brussels on Thursday to decide what sort of sanctions they can impose on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Moscow has threatened to retaliate if any punitive measures are put in place.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in Brussels for the summit, said Russia was continuing to stir up trouble.
"We ask Russia to respond whether they are ready to preserves peace and stability in Europe or (whether) they are ready to instigate another provocation and another tension in our bilateral and multilateral relations," Yatsenyuk said.
In Simferopol, Crimea's capital, about 50 people rallied outside the local parliament Thursday morning waving Russian and Crimean flags. Among the posters they held was one that said "Russia, defend us from genocide."
"We are tired of revolutions, maidans and conflicts and we want to live peacefully in Russia," said one of the bystanders, Igor Urbansky, 35. "Only Russia can give us a peaceful life."
Maidan is the name of the downtown square in Kiev where tens of thousands of protesters contested the rule of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia.
Not all in this city favored the lawmakers' action.
"This is crazy. Crimea has become Putin's puppet," said Viktor Gordiyenko, 46. "A referendum at gunpoint of Russia weapons is just a decoration for Putin's show. A decision on occupation has already been made."
Svetlana Savchenko, another Crimean lawmaker, said the choice she and her fellow deputies took in favor of joining Russia will force Moscow to make a decision.
"This is our principled position," she told The Associated Press. "Now the Russian Federation must begin a procedure - will it take us in or not."
Under the Soviet Union, Crimea belonged to the Russian Federation until it was transferred to Ukraine in 1954 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Concern that the turmoil could engulf eastern Ukraine grew after hundreds of demonstrators — many chanting "Russia! Russia!" — stormed a government building on Wednesday in Donetsk, a major industrial center near the Russian border.
Clashes between protesters and police broke out early Thursday in Donetsk as police cleared demonstrators from the regional administration center. The Ukrainian flag once again was hoisted over the building, and about 100 Ukrainian Interior troops could be seen in and around it. Two large trucks were parked in front to block the approach.
The European Union on Wednesday extended $15 billion in aid to help support the new Ukrainian government, which took over in late February after months of protests drove out Yanukovych, the Moscow-supported president.
The EU also imposed asset freezes against 18 people held responsible for embezzling state funds in Ukraine, including Yanukovych, his son and some of his closest allies.
Crimea's new leader, Sergei Aksyonov, said his government was in regular contact with the Russian officials, including those in a large Russian delegation now in Crimea.
Speaking at Crimea's government meeting late Wednesday, Aksyonov said the strategic peninsula is fully under the control of riot police and security forces joined by about 11,000 "self-defense" troops. All or most of these troops are believed to be Russian, even though the Russian president and defense minister have denied sending in the military other than those stationed at the home port of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
EU LEADERS WEIGHING SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAThursday, 06 March 2014 07:32 Published in National News
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia will face sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula unless it withdraws its troops or engages in credible talks to defuse the situation, European leaders said Thursday.
"We need to send a very clear message to the Russian government that what has happened is unacceptable and should have consequences," British Prime Minister David Cameron said as he arrived at an emergency meeting of the bloc's 28 leaders in Brussels.
But leaders appeared divided between nations close to Russia's borders and some western economic powerhouses — notably Germany — that were taking a more dovish line.
"Whether (sanctions) will come into force depends also on how the diplomatic process progresses," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, noting that foreign ministers including Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's Sergey Lavrov were holding talks again in Rome on Thursday.
"Russia today is dangerous," insisted Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, warning Moscow is seeking to expand its borders. "After Ukraine will be Moldova, and after Moldova will be different countries."
Among initial sanctions Moscow could face are the suspension of talks on visa liberalization and an economic agreement. More drastic steps like asset freezes and travel bans on Russian officials were unlikely to be adopted, not least because of Europe's close economic ties with Russia.
The United States has already suspended talks on an investment treaty and threatened further steps. NATO on Wednesday suspended most of its meetings with Russian officials, halting military cooperation and deciding to review all aspects of its relationship with Moscow.
"We cannot go back to business as usual," Merkel said.
Poland, Lithuania and other eastern European countries closer to Russia's borders pushed for a strong and united EU response including meaningful sanctions, but Germany, the Netherlands and others preferred defusing the crisis through diplomacy without alienating Moscow.
"We should do everything to give the route of de-escalation a chance and if we come to the conclusion today or the next 24, 48, 72 hours that de-escalation is not an option then obviously sanctions are back on the table," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
Russia is Europe's third-largest trading partner and its biggest gas and oil supplier. EU exports to Russia in 2012 totaled 123 billion euros ($170 billion), and European banks have about 200 billion euros in outstanding loans to Russia.
Cameron, Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk held initial talks to coordinate their strategy before the summit. The 28 leaders then opened their meeting with talks with Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
"This is not just the Ukrainian-Russian crisis, this is the crisis in Europe," Yatsenyuk said at a meeting earlier Thursday with European Parliament leaders.
The EU proposed a $15 billion aid package for Ukraine Wednesday. The U.S. has so far pledged $1 billion and is working on a more comprehensive package, in coordination with the EU and the International Monetary Fund.
Ukraine's economy is faltering and the country is running out of cash. The government in Kiev estimates it will need $35 billion in bailout loans for this year and next.
The EU also offered Ukraine a wide-ranging free trade and economic agreement that would draw Kiev closer to Europe and help boost its economy.
At a protest close to the summit in Brussels, Ukrainian Myroslava Finiw said he wanted the leaders to take tough measures.
"Our expectations are that the European leaders will impose some sorts of sanctions on President (Vladimir) Putin and try and get the message through to him that these sorts of actions are just not acceptable "
SILICON VALLEY BOOM ELUDES MANY, DRIVES INCOME GAPThursday, 06 March 2014 07:30 Published in National News
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arwin Buditom guards some of the most successful high-tech firms in America. Joseph Farfan keeps their heat, air and electric systems humming. But these workers and tens of thousands like them who help fuel the Silicon Valley's tech boom can't even make ends meet anymore. Buditom rooms with his sister an hour's drive from work. Farfan gets his groceries at a food pantry.
"It's unbelievable until you're in the middle of it," Farfan said, standing in line at the Sacred Heart Community Center in San Jose for free pasta, rice and vegetables. "Then the reality hits you."
Silicon Valley is entering a fifth year of unfettered growth. The median household income is $90,000, according to the Census Bureau. The average single-family home sells for about $1 million. The airport is adding an $82 million private jet center.
But the river of money flowing through this 1,800-square-mile peninsula, stretching from south of San Francisco to San Jose, has also driven housing costs to double in the past five years while wages for low- and middle-skilled workers are stagnant. Nurses, preschool teachers, security guards and landscapers commute for hours from less-expensive inland suburbs.
Now the widening income gap between the wealthy and those left behind is sparking debate, anger and sporadic protests.
"F... the 1%" and other rants were spray-painted last month on walls, garages and a car in the Silicon Valley town of Atherton, home to many top tech CEOs that Forbes magazine last year called the nation's most expensive community. In Cupertino, security guards rallied outside Apple's shareholder meeting on Feb. 28 demanding better wages. "What's the matter with Silicon Valley? Prosperity for some, poverty for many. That's what," read their banner.
Farfan, 44, a native of the valley, said he figured he must be mismanaging his $23-an-hour salary to be struggling with what seemed like a decent paycheck. But when he met with financial counselors, they told him there was nothing left to cut except groceries because rent, child support and transportation expenses were eating away the rest of his money.
Buditom, also 44, said the reality of working for some of the nation's richest companies has sapped his belief in the American dream. For the past four years, he has been living in his sister's apartment, commuting an hour in stop-and-go traffic for a $13-an-hour security job.
"I'm so passed over by the American dream, I don't even want to dream it anymore," said Buditom, who immigrated from Indonesia 30 years ago. "It's impossible to get ahead. I'm just trying to survive."
From the White House to the Vatican to the world's business elite, the growing gap between the very wealthy and everyone else is seizing agendas. Three decades ago, Americans' income tended to grow at roughly similar rates, no matter how much they made. But since about 1980, income has grown most for the top earners. For the poorest 20 percent of families, it's dropped.
A study last month by the Brookings Institution found that among the nation's 50 largest cities, San Francisco experienced the largest increase in income inequality between 2007 and 2012. The richest 5 percent of households earned $28,000 more, while the poorest 20 percent of households saw income drop $4,000. To the south, Silicon Valley's success has made it a less hospitable place for many, said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, an organization focused on the local economy and quality of life.
"We've become a bifurcated valley, a valley of haves and have-nots," Hancock said. "The economy is sizzling any way you slice it, and it's about to get hotter. But having said that, we are quick to point out there are perils to our prosperity."
Once a peaceful paradise of apricot, peach and prune orchards, the region is among the most expensive places to live in the U.S. Those earning $50,000 a year in Dallas would need to make $77,000 a year in the Silicon Valley to maintain the same quality of life, according to the Council for Community and Economic Research; $63,000 if they moved from Chicago or Seattle.
Housing costs are largely to blame. An $800-a-month, two-bedroom apartment near AT&T's Dallas headquarters would cost about $1,700 near Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Dental visits, hamburgers, washing machine repairs, movie tickets — all are above national averages.
Five years ago Sacred Heart was providing food and clothing for about 35,000 individuals a year. This year it expects to serve more than twice that. On one brisk morning recently, families, working couples, disabled people and elderly lined up out the door for free bags of food, just miles from the bustling tech campuses.
Those firms, meantime, are increasingly opting to build their own infrastructure rather than depend on public systems and have become social bubbles, with their own child-care centers, cafes, dry cleaning services, gyms, onsite health providers and hair salons. eBay changes its employees' oil; Facebook repairs their bikes. Some of those workers are in-house, with good salaries and benefits. Others are contracted out.
The companies have also put some money back into the communities. In the past three years, Google has given nearly $60 million to area nonprofits, including Second Harvest Food Bank. The firm also gives grants to advance math and science education, and every June workers are encouraged to volunteer during a weeklong event called GoogleServe. Apple donated $50 million for new buildings at Stanford University.
"Google strives to be a good neighbor in the communities where we work and live," Google spokeswoman Meghan Casserly said.
Still, said Poncho Guevara, who runs Sacred Heart: "The juxtaposition of the innovation and growth happening here, compared to the social needs, portends what's going to be playing out in the rest of the country in years to come."
While some are struggling to survive, others are fighting back.
Twice in December and again in January, activists in San Francisco, where recent tax incentives have lured Twitter, Yelp, Spotify and other firms, swarmed privately run shuttle buses that ferry workers for Google, Facebook and other tech companies from the city to work. Tires were slashed, rocks hurled. Signs taped to the buses read: "Gentrification & Eviction Technologies: Integrated Displacement and Cultural Erasure" and "F--- Off Google."
Last month, as protesters beat drums outside, former Daily Show member and comedian John Oliver mocked the tech elite during an annual awards ceremony in San Francisco that honors startups and internet innovations. "You are no longer the underdogs," he told the audience. "You're pissing off an entire city, not just with what you do at work, but how you get to work. It's not easy to do that."
The crowd roared with laughter, and he went on.
"I heard the latest design for your buses is to use tinted windows but reverse, with the tint on the inside, the reason being, 'Look, I don't mind if the peasants see me, but I would rather not see them, hmm?"
Fewer laughs followed that one.
The protests and critiques have left some who work in the industry nonplussed.
"I'm not a billionaire. Like many people, I'm still paying off my student loans," said Google maps program manager Crystal Sholts during a meeting in which San Francisco officials approved a plan to charge a fee for the corporate shuttles to use municipal bus stops.
Activist Sara Shortt of the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco said the protests weren't intended to target the workers themselves.
"We're going after the bus as a symbol, a very palpable symbol, of the dramatically growing income divide in our city," she said. "Frankly those gleaming white buses with their tinted windows are a slap in the face to the rest of us who are waiting for the public bus or riding our bicycles down the bike lanes competing with these mammoth vehicles."
Last month during a conference aimed at helping tech workers find more wisdom and peace in their lives, protesters with a banner reading "EVICTION FREE SAN FRANCISCO" drew nervous applause when they jumped on stage. But when a woman with a megaphone began jumping up and down and yelling "San Francisco, not for sale!" and guards scuffled with the group to move them offstage, the audience grew silent and a live stream video was cut.
When calm was restored, Google's Bill Duane, a senior manager for well-being, led the crowd in meditation.
Economist Steven Levy has tracked the region's economy through boom and bust. He said talking about the wealth gap "gets you nowhere."
"It's an indicator that the top are getting richer, but the folks at the bottom are stuck, with stagnant wages and not enough housing, not enough transportation, not enough infrastructure," he said.
Solutions abound: Build more affordable housing, raise the minimum wage, train locals for high-tech jobs. But they all cost money, and advocates such as Guevara said not enough has emerged.
"There is this sense of disconnection," he said. "The techies may live and work in the same city, but their kids are not going to the same schools. They don't live in the same neighborhoods. There simply isn't much engagement across the divide."
A few prominent figures in the tech elite have fanned flames on the issue of income disparity. Greg Gropman, CEO of the tech startup AngelHack, ridiculed San Francisco in a now-deleted Facebook post in December: "Why the heart of our city has to be overrun by crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash I have no clue."
A month later, venture capitalist Tom Perkins likened what he called "the war on the one percent, namely the 'rich'" with fascist Nazi Germany in an open letter to The Wall Street Journal: "Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendent 'progressive' radicalism unthinkable now?" He apologized a few days later, calling his choice of words "terrible."
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